Spotlight On... Fridays, 1 pm, 2020

Spotlight On...

Fridays, 1 pm
2020

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A vibrant painting depicts a bustling nighttime street scene of an African American community in an urban setting. A glowing street lamp casts a blue hue over the scene, in which a diverse group of musicians play brass instruments and tambourines, people dance, and others converse. A tall man with exaggerated features stands on a pedestal that reads "Jesus Saves," playing a trumpet. To the right, a woman in a green dress and red stilettos walks a small white dog past an elderly man with a cane. In the background, buildings with lighted windows reveal more onlookers, including a market storefront with meat hanging in the window, a house with a front porch where a woman and a child observe the scene, and an apartment building with residents peering out.
A vibrant painting depicts a bustling nighttime street scene of an African American community in an urban setting. A glowing street lamp casts a blue hue over the scene, in which a diverse group of musicians play brass instruments and tambourines, people dance, and others converse. A tall man with exaggerated features stands on a pedestal that reads "Jesus Saves," playing a trumpet. To the right, a woman in a green dress and red stilettos walks a small white dog past an elderly man with a cane. In the background, buildings with lighted windows reveal more onlookers, including a market storefront with meat hanging in the window, a house with a front porch where a woman and a child observe the scene, and an apartment building with residents peering out.

Archibald John Motley, Jr., Gettin’ Religion, 1948. Oil on linen, 32 × 39 7/16 in. (81.3 × 100.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase Josephine N. Hopper Bequest, by exchange 2016.15. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

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Floor 7

Spotlight tours offer an opportunity to slow down and look closely at select highlights from the Whitney's collection. Guided by a Museum docent, participants are encouraged to study and discuss works together. Each forty-five-minute session explores a connection between two artworks.

February 7
Florine Stettheimer and Joseph Stella

February 14
Joan Mitchell and Roy Lichtenstein

February 21
Edward Hopper and Joseph Stella

February 28
Archibald Motley and Edward Hopper

March 6
Florine Stettheimer and Joseph Stella

March 13
Henry Koerner and Jay DeFeo

March 20
Edward Hopper and Joseph Stella

March 27
Florine Stettheimer and Joseph Stella

April 3
Henry Koerner and Jay DeFeo

April 10
Edward Hopper and George Tooker

April 17
Archibald Motley and Edward Hopper

April 24
Henry Koerner and Jay DeFeo

May 1
Edward Hopper and George Tooker

May 8
Edward Hopper and Joseph Stella

May 15
Archibald Motley and Edward Hopper

May 22
Edward Hopper and George Tooker

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On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

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